handle (someone or something) with kid gloves
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To handle with very gentle care, often to the point of coddling. Kid gloves are very soft leather gloves, typically made from the skin of a young goat (a "kid"). I can't stand the way my family always handles us with kid gloves, trying to protect us from every little thing! We'll need to handle the two parties in the merger with kid gloves—both clients are extremely sensitive.
handle someone with kid gloves
Fig. to be very careful with a touchy person. Bill has become so sensitive. You really have to handle him with kid gloves. You don't have to handle me with kid gloves. I can take it.
handle (or treat) someone or something with kid gloves
deal with someone or something very gently or tactfully.Kid gloves are those made with leather from a young goat's skin.
handle, treat, etc. somebody with kid ˈgloves
treat somebody very carefully and gently because you do not want to upset them or make them angry: She is so easily upset that I feel I have to treat her with kid gloves all the time. Kid gloves are made of very soft leather from the skin of a kid (= a young goat).